Lifestyle & Nutrition Presentations
Managing Nutrition for Sport Real World Applications & Considerations
Erik has been a full-time sport dietitian and applied scientist in high performance sports for 8 years. He is currently working as nutrition lead at l'Institut National du Sport du Qu茅bec and is a PhD candidate from the School of Human Nutrition at UU直播. At the institute he supports international elite athletes and coaches with the development and application of evidence-based nutrition strategies for training and competition. He also conducts, collaborates in and evaluates research and innovation projects to further the discipline.
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Learning Objectives:
- Inform about general health nutrition requirements for athletes
- Inform about general sport nutrition requirements for athletes
Impacts of different diets: how to intervene with patients
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Annyck Besso is a Registered Dietitian and the founder of S枚枚ma, a private multidisciplinary practice in Montreal and the United States. Annyck is a UU直播 Affiliate member with the school of human nutrition, providing internship opportunities for dietetics students through S枚枚ma and guest lecturing on the topic of eating disorders for two lectures per year.听
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Learning Objectives:
- Identify how weight stigma and bias may impact medical recommendations and interventions
- Understand factors that contribute to body weight
- Assess whether a patient鈥榮 weight is a risk factor for their health status
- Identify risks of low calorie diets
- Provide inclusive and collaborative dietary recommendations
- Have a better understanding of harm reduction strategies for patients in larger bodies
NFL: Health and Safety update
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NFL football player and UU直播 Medical School graduate.
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Learning Objectives:
- Define the role of the Mackey-White Committee
- Understand when and where MSK injuries and concussion happen in the NFL
Cases in Pediatric Obesity
Dr. Krishnamoorthy completed her residency at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital in 2000, before completing a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology. She has been on staff in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the MCH since 2003. She is heavily involved in medical education and serves as the Director of Pediatric Undergraduate Education at UU直播. She won the Paige and Bernard Kaplan Award for excellence in teaching in 2004 and was named to the Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence. She is also one of the recipients of the 2016 CAME Certificate of Merit Awards.听
Learning Objectives:
- Distinguish between exogenous and endocrine forms of obesity
- Have a basic approach to dyslipidemia and PCOS
- Recognize red flags for syndromic and monogenic forms of obesity
- Know when to refer to endocrinology
Bariatric Surgery for Obesity
Dr. Amin Andalib completed his General Surgery Residency at UU直播 during which, he also completed a Master鈥檚 degree in Epidemiology. He then completed a Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at the Main Campus Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Andalib has since joined the Division of General Surgery at UU直播 Health Centre in July 2015 and is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery at UU直播. Given his sub-speciality training, bariatric surgery remains the main focus of his clinical practice. In addition, he is the Program Director for Fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery at UU直播.听
His research interests center on clinical outcomes, quality improvement, and patient safety projects in bariatric surgery. They include outcomes assessment and risk reduction after bariatric surgery especially using large databases.
Dr. Andalib is also an active member of the important national and international academic surgical societies including a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and a member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity. He is also a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, where he currently serves as a member of the Bariatric Surgery Committee.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the burden of obesity
- Know indications for bariatric surgery
- Know the important early and late complications after bariatric surgery
- Understand the outcomes of bariatric surgeries
- Know a brief overview of pharmaceutical agents for weight loss